Our walk started out a little drippy with very few birds, but the rain quit and we ended up seeing a nice variety of birds. Waterfowl included western grebes, ruddy ducks, mallards, American wigeons, northern shovelers and a lone pied-billed grebe. A single Forster's tern hunted the lake, dipping and swirling over the water. White-crowned sparrows were plentiful as they have been for a couple weeks, and they were joined by a golden-crowned sparrow. We had a quick glimpse at three evening grosbeaks, but a Lincoln's sparrow sat on top of a shrub, giving us good looks. There were two red-naped sapsuckers today, an orange-crowned warbler and a common yellowthroat. Finally, at the parking lot we saw two Cassin's vireos. We ended up with 35 species today – not bad considering the less than ideal weather. Ginger
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